UK nuclear plans suffer major blow with Toshiba wind down of NuGen

Madeleine Cuff
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Decision to axe nuclear business deals a potentially fatal blow to plans for a new large-scale nuclear plant in Cumbria

Toshiba has today announced it is to pull out of plans for a new nuclear power plant in Cumbria and wind down its UK nuclear business NuGen, in a move that deals a major blow to the government's low carbon...

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